The Chargers, with late GM John Butler making the 11th-hour decision to swap the No. 1 pick with Atlanta for the Falcons' fifth overall selection, took a tremendous gamble. Vick was on superstar radar.

But Butler and his cadre, though basically sold on Vick, were concerned with his accuracy. One team, Atlanta, was interested in dealing for the No. 1. As it turns out, the only reason Vick – who yesterday was indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a probe that alleges Vick and three co-defendants sponsored dog fighting on his Virginia property – became a Falcon was because of Tim Dwight.

For whatever reason, Butler was enamored with Dwight, a so-so receiver with ace returning skills, and the GM wasn't going to deal with the Falcons unless they included Dwight. Atlanta balked, as if it were holding on to Jerry Rice. Butler should have held out for an extra No. 1, but did not.

“We were taking Michael Vick – unless we got the trade we wanted,” says Chargers GM A.J. Smith, then Butler's assistant and confidant. “We wanted Tim Dwight. If he wasn't included in the deal, Michael Vick was going to be the quarterback here.”